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Why are most dslr and slr cameras dark grey / black :thinking: and would anyone prefer a different colour?
 
I would think, its mostly because they are professional cameras and the black/grey wont show wear/dirt/use as much as other colours.

but i have seen a new DSLR out now that is in different colours.

p.s. i like my on ein black.....but to match a canon L lens would be nice if there was a choice.
 
Splog said:
Why are most dslr and slr cameras dark grey / black :thinking: and would anyone prefer a different colour?
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I think it's just what the consumer wants to be honest, the silver versions of the Nikon D40/50 etc were a dismal sales failure and afaik Canon don't offer the xxxD models in silver any more, yet previously that was the only colur they came in.

Panasonic offer the G1 in a range of colours - to my mind it still looks best in black though....:shrug:
 
Seem to remember that some old film slrs were offered in silver with a black finish costing a few quid more. Personally I'm quite happy with black. Maybe a funky purple though.......:lol:
 
I've got a silver 400D, took a while to make that decision! I'm pleased with it and really like it, its just that grips look rubbish because they're black, instead of looking like a bigger camera it looks like a 400D with a grip stuck on :thinking:. Next time I'll go for black though (not that I've got a choice with the 7D :D).

The thing I don't like on the bigger cameras (than the 400D) is the grubby looking texture that they seem to put all over them :gag:

Can't say I like the other colours on the Panasonic..
 
I'm on thin ice here, but I seem to remember that most of the 60s SLRs were chrome finish, until Nikon and Canon (later?) started offering a choice. Black came to be associated with professionals for some reason, and the idea just stuck. I don't know why, and I could be wrong, so we'll see what others suggest. I'm quite content with black, but I wouldn't turn down a mint F2AS in chrome either!
 
The only other colour I'd like to see a camera in is Camo green...
 
MartynK said:
I'm on thin ice here, but I seem to remember that most of the 60s SLRs were chrome finish, until Nikon and Canon (later?) started offering a choice. Black came to be associated with professionals for some reason, and the idea just stuck. I don't know why, and I could be wrong, so we'll see what others suggest. I'm quite content with black, but I wouldn't turn down a mint F2AS in chrome either!
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That's actually very true, and I mostly preferred the silver finish to the black, which was far less durable .I think the answer though is that plastic bodied camera just don't look as cool in silver as they did in good old fashioned metal.
 
less chance of reflecting light?
 
MartynK said:
I'm on thin ice here, but I seem to remember that most of the 60s SLRs were chrome finish, until Nikon and Canon (later?) started offering a choice. Black came to be associated with professionals for some reason, and the idea just stuck. I don't know why, and I could be wrong, so we'll see what others suggest. I'm quite content with black, but I wouldn't turn down a mint F2AS in chrome either!
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Then there was Ilford, trying to be different, with the Advocate...

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I remember that in the 80s a lot of SLRs were silver - I'm pretty sure that the Olympus OM series were silver except the OM1 which pro spec an black (I could be wrong it was long long ago).

I have to say that while I was away this year I noticed both my camera and attached (black) lens did get very hot to hold - at the time I asked myself the very same question.
 
cameras used to be Black with a Chrome top plate and then became all black as an option,a more expensive option as well,to my old fashioned mind its a tool so having a white red or whatever SLR is just for posers
 
its a professional tag
chrome cameras used to take good pictures but if you paid extra you could get black
now they do red and blue
panasonic G1

soon it will be extra to get chrome

i also think black matt wont reflect flash when you are in that big pack of photographers jamming for space at a film premiere...;)
 
There's always the Limited Edition 1 Series?

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I've noticed that the Pentax KM limited edition is in white - looks good.
 
my olympus is chrome
 
Plenty of colours from Pentax, though this vid doesn't make a good job of showing them all off.

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Splog said:
Why are most dslr and slr cameras dark grey / black and would anyone prefer a different colour?
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GREEN... :love:


Just like my latest addition... :D

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:banana: ... :banana: ... :banana:


Yv said:
Hasn't Ven currently got an ickle cheap coloured camera? :whistling:
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:suspect: ... :nono:

Oh... you mean this one Yv... :shrug:

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Or was it this one... :thinking:

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Nah... I know... :thumbs: ...you mean this one dontcha...

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:razz:




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Of course, the black bodies on the old SLRs allowed the brass to show through as the finish wore. "Brassing" had a sort of cult following, equivalent to professional, character and battle honours!
 
MartynK said:
I'm on thin ice here, but I seem to remember that most of the 60s SLRs were chrome finish, until Nikon and Canon (later?) started offering a choice. Black came to be associated with professionals for some reason, and the idea just stuck. I don't know why, and I could be wrong, so we'll see what others suggest. I'm quite content with black, but I wouldn't turn down a mint F2AS in chrome either!
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You are quite right.
Used to have to pay extra for a black finish.
 
I'm quite content with black and think "silver" plastic bodied cameras usually just look cheap and nasty.

Fair play to Pentax for being different, but I think you're asking for a visit from the taste polis if you buy an SLR in some random, bright colour :gag:
 
well, if canon make L telephoto lenses in white in order to reduce heat absorption, it makes sense to produce white dslr bodies doesnt it?
 
holds hand up in shame - I quite like the metallic blue on G1...
definitely gimicky - but I would be tempted with a colour if it looked nice but otherwise was the same camera - just don't see it happening on the cameras i want!
but possibly a future 'feature' on entry level slr's.
 
Here's one that Venomator decide not to buy last year...

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Splog said:
Why are most dslr and slr cameras dark grey / black
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As Andybilly said, surely black is the colour of choice because it's less likely to show up reflected in whatever you're shooting. Particularly handy for close-up work, I'd imagine.
 
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